For the obvious reason: there are things Airtable can do that excel can't. For example, I'm using airtable to track my job applications. I save the job ad, my

For the obvious reason: there are things Airtable can do that excel can't. For example, I'm using airtable to track my job applications. I save the job ad, my cover letter and the resume I used as a pdf and attach them to the row in a column designed for attaching files. You can't do that in excel (at least not that I've seen).